Новости за 07.09.2015

Qatar has deployed ground forces in Yemen for the first time, dispatching 1,000 troops to battle Shiite rebels in an oil-rich central province where both sides are gearing up for what could prove a decisive battle, Yemeni...

A deadly attack late last week on soldiers from oil-rich Gulf states deployed in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led coalition fighting the country's Shiite rebels may well have been designed to break the coalition's...

A new and controversial study asks if an end is coming to the busy Atlantic hurricane seasons of recent decades.

A body was found in the Sampit River in front of Georgetown's Front Street early Monday morning.

The U.S. Air Force is giving an ultimatum to owners of a remote Nevada property now surrounded by a vast bombing range including the super-secret Area 51: Take a $5.2 million "last best offer" by Thursday for their...

It was supposed to be the first step on their journey to Western Europe. But now thousands of migrants are mired in despair, anger and frustration on the scenic Greek island of Lesbos.

They say a lightning strike started a fire in the Exeter, New Hampshire, town hall that caused the cancellation of a UFO festival the first year it was hosted by the local Kiwanis Club.

A woman suspected of stealing an Alaska State Troopers patrol car that held her handcuffed husband in the back seat was arrested on suspicion of theft and other charges.

Where's the beef? On Saturday, it was at the Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Hamburg.

A city gardens worker in the capital of Tajikistan has become a local celebrity through a chance picture taken by a visiting Romanian photographer.

Doctors Without Borders says the world will run out of one of the most effective treatments for snakebites next year, putting the lives of tens of thousands of people at risk, mostly in developing countries.

The dog who has become the face to combat animal abuse in the state, Caitlyn spent part of her Labor Day weekend playing in the surf at Sullivan's Island.

Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after...

U.N. climate talks are plodding ahead toward a worldwide deal to fight global warming, with negotiators agreeing to start work on a draft agreement.

With paths to Palestinian statehood blocked, President Mahmoud Abbas is warning he's fast-tracking his retirement and hinting he will announce dramatic policy changes at the United Nations this month, including a more...

Boeing already has the Dreamliner. Now it also has the Starliner.

More than a year after suing the Cabinet agency that oversees China's biggest state-owned companies, lawyers for people who say their homes were ruined by drywall made in China are still trying to get the lawsuit...

The mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a West Bank firebomb attack was buried in her village Monday hours after succumbing to wounds sustained in the attack, which also killed the child's father and is believed...

Iraq's defense minister escaped a sniper attack north of Baghdad unharmed Monday, officials said, though one of his guards was wounded in the shooting near Islamic State-controlled territory.

Greece's former prime minister said Monday he was seeking an absolute majority for his radical left Syriza party in upcoming early elections, but indicated a coalition government would be formed quickly if no party...

Sea turtles laying eggs on southeastern beaches have rebounded from a nesting slump last year.

Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stonehenge ruins.

Pope Francis on Tuesday will release new streamlined procedures for annulling marriages after he - and thousands of Catholics before him - complained that the church's current system is cumbersome, costly and often...

French President Francois Hollande says he's confident the country's long-stagnant economy has turned a corner and will post stronger growth in 2016, the last full-year of his term.

Pro-government militia fighters in Mali say they've begun withdrawing from a town where the group's fighters have clashed with separatist rebels.